GPA for Junior Year Internship
Quick background: -messed up freshman year horribly -improved soph year -current cumulative GPA: 2.6 -current major GPA in finance: 3.67 -attend good school -interned Freshman year at Bloomberg L.P. (through connection) -interned this year at small accounting firm
Going to be a junior this year and will be applying for serious internships for next summer that hopefully lead to a job when I graduate. Problem is that now my cumulative is not a 3.0 which strongly limits my opportunities. I am aware that companies will ask for my transcript after senior year but by the time I graduate I WILL have a 3.0 cumulative with a high major gpa, but at the moment it's not. I would not even bother with these high level internships but since I had a strong internship my freshman year and sophomore year I think that gives me an upper hand. I am also aware I don't have a shot at IB or something like that, I just want the best internship/job I can get.
My Options:
A) on resume lie and put 3.0 cumulative with 3.67 major -Risk them asking for transcript (Bloomberg did not and neither did this accounting firm)
B) on resume just put 3.67 major gpa -Will get asked in interview what my cumulative is
C) on resume don't put a GPA and rely on previous internship exp. to get me in
Would greatly appreciate advice.
Thank You, Dan
You can't not put a GPA on the resume; If you do your resume and the trash bin become friends. I'd just put the major GPA, how can you be positive they will ask for cumulative? Anything is better than lying.
I'm not positive at all if they will ask for cumulative but I have been reading around and it seems that if an applicant only puts major GPA it will lead to the next question --> What is your cumulative GPA?
I can because I do have a legitimate excuse. My grandfather passed away so I missed a week of class then I was sick for another week. Professors were fine with it but then one of them said that I used all of my excused absences for the funeral and that the being sick did not matter. She failed me that semester...
It also seems that I can just say 3.0 for all my applications. I will just have to politely reject the offers I get which require a transcript?
You have to list your GPA - if you don't people will likely think it's lower than it actually is. I would not lie about your GPA if I were you. Granted, not every place will ask for a transcript but that's just a risk you should not take. Also, just curious how you got the Bloomy internship post freshman year if you really fucked up so badly? Connection(s)? If so, leverage those for next year because they seem to have helped.
Strong connection but with circumstances that it was only for that summer.
So it seems that no GPA is not an option which leaves me with
A) Lie and put 3.0 B) Just put major GPA of 3.67 but will have to either lie in interview or reveal bad cumulative
:/
Hahaha do not put the 3.0 cumulative if you have a 2.6. Some smaller firms won't do detailed background checks for interns (I know the one I'm currently interning at didn't) but don't bother risking it any way.
I wouldn't lie about your GPA. Just put your major GPA. If they ask you about it answer the reason you screwed up and how you improved.
Do not lie about your GPA. Just list your major GPA and if they ask about cumulative (they probably will), just honestly explain what happened. Focus on the fact that you've made improvement and have done well in relevant courses (as indicated by major GPA). If you lie to these people, they will find out a vast majority of the time. If they don't directly ask you for transcripts, I'm 90% sure they come up in background checks which nearly every bank requires.
Ya you're really gonna have to spin it as: "Shit happened. Wasn't happy so I worked my fuckin ass off and here I am today with a 3.67 in [major]. If you discount freshman year, my cumulative GPA would be [X.XX]. Most kids would have let the shitty GPA haunt them for eternity but I was able to assess the situation and get my act together." Shows drive, initiative, and success.
Just do this:
2.6 --> 3.0, which is kinda close to a 3.5 which then rounds to a 4.0! congrats!
This is a little beside the point, but don't let a lower GPA get you down my dude. Follow the advice outlined above. Once you get in an interview your GPA matters significantly less, imo. I've seen a good amount of people with abhorrent GPAs get hired because the candidate conveyed their passion and interest in the field--that's generally what the senior level guys want to see. One additional point, I've been privy to some hiring decisions--when it has come down to a few candidates not once did the words GPA come up.
Put your major GPA and beat around the bush like Obama at a Republican convention.
^ LOLOL. Put your GPA and network as much as you can. Once you get your foot in the door the GPA isnt the biggest factor esp since you can explain why your GPA is so low.
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